Encyclopedia Britannica Ends Its Printed Edition In Favour Of Online
Post on 15,March 2012   11:00 PM
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New Y ork,Mar,15:The Encyclopedia Britannica a 244 year old knowledge treasure a weighty 32-volume print edition which has been in printed form continuously since its beginnings in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768 is finally stopping its print version and moving exclusively online.

The current print run of the venerable Britannica encyclopedia will be the last one, the publisher announced on March 14, as the publisher continues an evolution into digital products begun over 20 years ago.

"It's the oldest continuously printed reference work in the English language," Tom Panelas, a spokesman for Encyclopedia Britannica, told the news networks. In that time the company has printed a little over seven million copies, he said.

The Encyclopedia Britannica started exploring its digital format in the 1970s, and created its first digital version likely the first digital encyclopedia ever for LexisNexis users in 1981. That complex history of online information may come as a surprise to many at that particular time when printed one were quite popular and people were not so use to about internet.

"Many people know us as the publisher of those big multivolume encyclopedias that have been a source of joy and learning since 1768. Today that encyclopedia is chiefly to be found in a multitude of digital forms that are updated daily," the company's website says.

"We reach a lot more people now online than we ever did before," Panelas said. And despite the end of print, some traditions will continue, explained Jorge Zauz, president of Encyclopedia Britannica.

"The real tradition is not whether or not we print but that we bring scholarly knowledge to as many knowledge seekers as we can," Zauz told FoxNews.com. "That tradition we're very happy to continue."

As Britannica Inc switches off the presses, it faces new type of competition, notably with leading online free info centre Wikipedia,which is a popular and community-driven online encyclopedia that many have come to rely upon. Zauz acknowledged that site's prominence but cautioned that its quality might not be on a par.

"We are a very different type of knowledge base, one that is by the nature of what we do, significantly smaller than Wikipedia -- but much more reliable," he told while talking to fox news. "Right now everyone knows Google loves Wikipedia. 96 percent of the time its in the top five in search results. It's a pity that Britannica can't take that position too."

"I think that most people given the choice would prefer Britannica to any other alternative."

To mark the retirement of print, the entire britannica.com site will be available for free until March 21.

"There's a place for well-written documents, where facts really matter, where we strive for balance," Zauz told FoxNews.com. "And the alternative is just ... different."

 


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